Volume 11: The First Law Chapter 49: God-Forsaken Land
Qin Yitian touched his head with a bitter look on his face. He didn't dare to refute it and whispered, "What are you going to do, General?"
Lu Qingshan turned around in a circle in annoyance.
Suddenly, he stopped and looked at Qin Yitian seriously, "If the price of letting you survive is that you have to leave your hometown and follow someone all the time, inseparable, live and die together, are you willing?"
In the dark palace, the palace lantern in Qin Yitian's hand could not illuminate everything.
She blinked, looked at Lu Qingshan's flickering face, and asked, "Who is he following?"
“Does that make a big difference?”
"Of course," Qin Yitian said briskly, "I am the princess of Qin, the ruler of the most powerful country in this land. How can I be someone else's little follower?"
"But if that person is a general," she winked mischievously, "if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem unacceptable."
After saying this, Qin Yitian found that Lu Qingshan had stopped talking. He looked carefully and saw that his eyes were shining and an indescribable strange emotion flashed on his face.
"Yitian, perhaps some things are really destined." After a long silence, Lu Qingshan called Yitian's name for the first time in this world.
He took big steps and walked out of the palace.
Qin Yitian looked confused, "Where are you going, General?"
"Go find a way to save you." Lu Qingshan said.
Qin Yitian wanted to say something, so he chased after him in small steps.
The moonlight was bright, like water flowing on the ground. Lu Qingshan walked on the moon at a very fast speed. Only his vague back could be seen, and soon he disappeared without a trace.
What does this have to do with anything?
She couldn't help stamping her feet.
Qin Yitian looked up at the big, whirling moon in the sky, and thought of what Lu Qingshan had just said. He couldn't help but recall the desperate night when he practiced Taoism, and the moon was also so bright.
Unconsciously, the world changed. Because of her law of cause and effect and the arrival , everything changed. The world was peaceful and prosperous.
She said silently in her heart: "General, you left your hometown for me and came to Daoyuan Realm to quell the threat of the aliens and bring stability to Daoyuan Realm. How could I not be willing to follow you?"
Although Lu Qingshan didn't say it, Qin Yitian keenly realized from the emotions that Lu Qingshan occasionally revealed that Lu Qingshan's world was also not peaceful and was facing foreign invasion.
…
Two years later.
Mengzhou.
This place used to be the territory of Meng State, one of the nine great kingdoms, but there is no such thing as the nine great kingdoms in the Daoyuan Realm today.
The Qin State was the most powerful country in the world, and also the only country.
The sky was filled with thunderclouds, and the dark mountain peaks were like tempered blades, piercing straight into the sky.
This is a desolate and rugged place.
But in such a place, there is a small ancient temple located in it. It is very small and not magnificent at all, but against the backdrop , it has a sense of otherworldliness.
The name of the ancient temple is engraved on a plaque at the entrance.
"Little Leiyin Temple".
In front of the ancient temple, there is a vigorous old Bodhi tree, which cannot be hugged even by six or seven people. However, the ancient trunk has long been hollow, as if it is dead.
Bang, bang, bang——
Someone knocked on the door of the lonely ancient temple.
Soon, someone came out of the temple in a hurry and opened the temple door.
A man stood at the door, showing his white teeth, and said with a smile: "Who's in charge here?"
The young man who opened the door felt his legs go weak and he almost fell to the ground.
Today, everyone in the world knows that man.
The great general who protects the country, Lu Qingshan.
…
In the ancient palace.
There is a stone Buddha standing inside, and next to it is an ancient bronze lamp, swaying with a little light.
Lu Qingshan looked around, and finally his eyes fell on the stone Buddha, and asked: "Does the abbot believe in Buddhism? "
"Amitabha, General, you are joking. This is a temple and we naturally believe in Buddhism." Abbot Pu Du replied calmly , seemingly unperturbed .
He was holding a rosary in his hand, which was rolling continuously, which showed that his heart was not as calm as he appeared to be.
"So, you shouldn't be so hostile to me. You should support me. After all, what I do is in line with your Buddhist principles, which is to make all living beings equal."
"Besides, I am not like Buddha who only talks about it. I really do it." Lu Qingshan pointed outside the palace gate. "Now everyone in the world can learn peerless martial arts, and the opportunity for promotion is no longer monopolized by sects and families. This is true equality."
Lu Qingshan said proudly, with indescribable heroism.
Abbot Pu Du looked at the man in front of him with extremely complicated feelings.
While this man made the world "equal", he also caused countless killings and brought chaos to the world. Countless people lost their families and lives because of him.
But he led his army to quell the threat of the White Walkers, unified the world, and allowed the people to live a prosperous life. It is unknown how many people survived because of him.
So, are such people good or evil?
Even Abbot Pu Du couldn't explain it.
"General, what are the reasons for your visit?" Abbot Pu Du sighed and asked.
"Of course it's not for the descendants you protected," Lu Qingshan said calmly, "If I wanted to kill them all, they wouldn't have been able to escape."
"I have long since left home. Worldly affairs have nothing to do with me. To me, they are not my descendants, but ordinary people who are in danger. I am merciful to the Buddha, so I rescued them."
"Don't tell me all this nonsense, I'm too lazy to listen," Lu Qingshan waved his hand nonchalantly, "Meng Feng, I know you are the one in the Meng Kingdom's royal family who has the deepest grasp of the Heaven Sealing Dao Law. I need your Heaven Sealing Dao Law."
Meng Feng, the previous King of Meng State, handed over the throne to the crown prince when he was middle-aged, and went into the mountains to practice Buddhism.
"The great general who protects the Qin State is omnipotent, yet he still needs help from others?" Abbot Pudu asked, half questioning and half mocking.
"Ask for help?" Lu Qingshan looked at Meng Feng in surprise. "Why do you think I'm asking for help?"
"I'm just informing you."
Abbot Pu Du finally couldn't keep his composure anymore. His expression turned pale and he finally said, "What if I don't want to?"
"So when I conquered the capital of Meng Kingdom, I didn't kill everyone. Instead, I let your descendants escape and hide here with you." Lu Qingshan said frankly.
After a long silence.
"General, you are not a Buddha..." Abbot Pudu put his hands together and finally said, "Just follow your orders."
"Of course I am not a Buddha, I am higher than Buddha," Lu Qingshan clapped his hands, and then praised sincerely: "He who knows the current situation is a hero. The abbot is indeed a master and is well versed in Buddhism."
It is not a saying in Buddhism that a man who knows the current affairs is a hero, Abbot Pudu said silently in his heart, and then he said nothing more.
…
Another year later.
Qincheng.
Gu Mansion.
Gu refers to Gu Tianyan’s Gu.
Now Daoyuan Qin and Lu are the most respected, and after that, it will be Gu.
"After so many years, the general hasn't changed at all, but I have aged a lot." Gu Tianyan sighed as she looked at Lu Qingshan's face, which had hardly changed from more than 20 years ago.
"Thank you for your hard work," Lu Qingshan nodded and said, "You should be unable to hold it back any longer."
"Yes," Gu Tianyan nodded, "Ever since we quelled the White Walker crisis, even though I have stopped practicing martial arts in recent years, the feeling of ascension is still becoming more and more obvious, and it is becoming more and more difficult for me to suppress it."
Qingshan swordsmanship is known throughout the world, but so far, in the vast Daoyuan world, only Gu Tianyan has practiced Qingshan swordsmanship to the twelfth level, reaching the pinnacle of martial arts, second only to Lu Qingshan.
Gu Tianyan is undoubtedly the most talented person in martial arts in this world.
Ascend into the sky in broad daylight and break the void with martial arts.
This was Lu Qingshan’s previous path, and now Gu Tianyan is also going to follow this path.
It was only after the threat of the White Walkers was quelled that Lu Qingshan approached Gu Tianyan and made a request, asking him to do his best to suppress his ascension and slow down the time it took for Wu to break through the void.
Gu Tianyan, who respected Lu Qingshan immensely, naturally agreed without hesitation. However, at this point, he had already reached his limit and could not suppress himself even if he wanted to, so he called Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan still had a faint smile on his face and was not surprised.
He had already made all the preparations.
"For anyone who practices martial arts, breaking through the void is the highest aspiration. For my sake, you have stayed in the human world for so long. I owe you a favor," said Lu Qingshan.
“I dare not. If it weren’t for the general, how could Tianyan be where it is today?” Gu Tianyan bowed respectfully, and the scenes of the past twenty years flashed before his eyes.
It was a dream trip.
"What I provided was just an opportunity. Ultimately, it's all thanks to you that you are where you are today." Lu Qingshan did not take credit for himself.
"Next, you don't need to suppress it anymore. Ten days from now, it will be your time to ascend." Then, he said solemnly with a serious expression, "But you have to understand that after ascending, everything is just beginning."
"Listen carefully. You must remember every word of the martial arts technique I will recite next. It will be your support after you ascend to heaven." Lu Qingshan said seriously.
Upon hearing this, Gu Tianyan immediately sat up straight and focused his mind.
So the two of them sat opposite each other, one reciting and the other listening.
After a long time, Gu Tianyan looked dazed, as if there was some kind of magic in Lu Qingshan's words that made him dazed.
"General, what kind of martial arts is this?" he couldn't help but ask.
"The Guixu Sutra, this set of skills can only be practiced after you ascend to a new world."
"That is a world much larger than the Daoyuan Realm. This set of skills will be your important support, but as I said, in the end you still have to rely on yourself."
"A new world..." Gu Tianyan's face revealed a longing expression.
"There are many things to pay attention to, so remember them."
Next, Lu Qingshan taught Gu Tianyan everything that needed to be paid attention to in the cultivation world, no matter how big or small. At this moment, the two of them did not seem like a general and his subordinates, but more like a master and his disciple.
This is Lu Qingshan's gratitude to Gu Tianyan.
Through Lu Qingshan's explanation, Gu Tianyan gradually gained some understanding of that colorful world. Recalling the truth about the Daoyuan Realm where the White Walkers were created by God - the origin of the White Walkers, Lu Qingshan also told Gu Tianyan.
"Compared to that world, Daoyuan Realm is simply a world abandoned by God." Gu Tianyan sighed.
To mortals, Heaven is the supreme God, but it is this God who tries to destroy them.
"A world abandoned by God?" On this side, Lu Qingshan was stunned when he heard it, as if he suddenly thought of something.
Finally, he shook his head and said calmly: "That world may not be favored by God."
Lu Qingshan stood up and strode out of the door, "Get ready. Ten days from now, it will be your time to ascend."
Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing.
